Free shipping coupons in time for Mother’s Day
I have always believed, until now that is, that shopping in stores was cheaper than shopping online. I assumed it was silly to pay shipping charges instead of just going to the store yourself. However, with the price of gas at an outrageous $3.89 a gallon here, shopping online is starting to sound like a more economical choice, especially because there are websites where you can find free shipping coupons.
I have both a Target and a Wal-Mart near my house, so the first thing I wanted to look into was how much I could save by shopping on their websites rather than driving to the stores. An easy google search brought up Walmart free shipping links from FreeShipping.org.
I have to be honest and say I was disappointed, not with FreeShipping, which has tons of links to all kinds of stores, but in what Wal-Mart called “free” shipping. Most of the links on their page are for 97 cent shipping, which isn’t FREE, and then one link to “free” shipping because they send the item you order to the nearest Wal-Mart for you to pick up! If I have to DRIVE THERE, then I’m paying for that gas, and that doesn’t make it FREE. I’d like to give Wal-Mart the benefit of the doubt and assume that there are times that they do have free shipping, but I’d have to check back again to be sure.
I also found a link to Target free shipping on the same FreeShipping.org site, and hit the jackpot:
• Free Shipping on Select Furniture Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Patio Furniture Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Lawn and Garden Items Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Kitchen and Dining Items Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Health and Beauty Items Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Bedding Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Bath Items Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Rugs Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Slipcovers Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Window Coverings Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Home Décor Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Lighting Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Kitchen and Dining Items Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Baby Gear Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Electronics Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Toys Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Hardware Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Storage and Organization Items Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Sport and Outdoor Items Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Luggage Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Stationary and Scrapbooking Items Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Pet Items Through May 10, 2008
• Free Shipping on Select Clearance items while supplies last
It doesn’t link to specific pages, you’ll have to search those categories to see what is free. I did also find on the Target free shipping page that they are having Free eGiftCard promotions too :
• Free $50 Target e-Giftcard with purchase of a Dyson DC07 Animal Vacuum, Dyson DC17 Asthma and Allergy Vacuum or an iRobot Roomba Robot Vacuum Through May 10, 2008
• Free $25 Target e-Giftcard with purchase of select KitchenAid 4.5-qt. Ultra Power Stand Mixers Through May 10, 2008
• Free $20 Target e-Giftcard with purchase of a Bissell Lift-Off Revolution Pet Vac or a Bissell PowerSteamer Turbo Upright Deep Cleaner Through May 10, 2008
Now those would make excellent Mother’s Day gifts, don’t you think?? With the price of gas where it is, if you aren’t usually an online shopper, this would be a good time to look into it, especially when you can find free shipping using links on sites like FreeShipping.org. Time to shop!
Win Burn Jel, must-have item for burn treatment
Did you know that every 25 seconds, someone in the United States is burned or scalded in their home? Scalds from hot liquids are the leading cause of accidental death in the home for children from birth to age 4 and account for 60 percent of the burn injuries for children up to age 14. The most likely place for children under 4 to be burned is right in their own kitchen.
When a burn occurs, it’s crucial to act quickly. Most of us are probably like me and immediately want to put the burn under cold water. But that just cools the surface, and as the heat from the burn rises, it counteracts the cooling effect of the water, which is just evaporating anyway. Burn Jel is water-based, but acts as a heat exchanger. It also contains Lidocaine for immediate pain relief, and Tea Tree Oil which is naturally antibacterial.
I’ve got ten cartons of Burn Jel to give away, it’s recommended that you keep the bottle right in your kitchen. To be entered to win a carton, please leave a comment on this post. The contest will end on Wednesday, May 21st at 9:00 am EST, when I will draw ten winners at random from all valid comments. I will contact winners directly for their shipping info, then forward it to the sponsor for direct shipping. Please make sure to leave a valid email address with your comment. If you aren’t chosen as a winner, pick up Burn Jel at drugstores like CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid, and at Wal-Mart.
Good luck!
MomReviews’ Fabulous Finds-Olive Kids
All this week I’ll be bringing you my very favorite items for Moms that have been sent to me for review. In addition to today’s fantastic find from Olive Kids, I’ve got fabulous calling cards for Moms, eco-friendly makeup brushes, wonderful smelling baby lotion, and some new food finds. If you haven’t already subscribed to get my feed either in your reader or by email, this is the week to do it!
Today’s Fabulous Find comes to you from Olive Kids (get it? I Love Kids, Olive Kids? cute!), a company started by Anita Oliveira Brandwein and Russell Brandwein when they became parents ten years ago and couldn’t find coordinated, affordable kids bedding and accessories that didn’t feature characters from TV or the movies. Not that they don’t enjoy movie characters, they just didn’t want them taking over their child’s bedroom! They believe kids rooms should “inspire creativity and play” - not be an advertisement for a TV show or movie. Amen to that!
The Olive Kids website is bright, colorful, and fun, just like the products they sell. The bedding and accessories design features classic children’s themes like transportation, space, cowboys, animals, tea parties, and more. I was thrilled when they asked me if I would like to review a Personalized Framed Print. I knew it would go in Kaitlyn’s room so I showed her the page of choices, and she chose the “Blossoms and Butterflies” print. It looks great!
Now, I know the price tag of $59.99 might seem high, but don’t let that keep you from checking out the rest of the site. Also, for a personalized print in a frame, that’s really not expensive. It’s a perfect gift suggestion for a new baby gift, birthday or Christmas present!
To celebrate their tenth anniversary, Olive Kids is having an incredible giveaway. The Grand Prize is an entire Olive Kids room valued at $750!!! First Place is a Personalized Package valued at about $250, and Five Runner Ups will receive a Personalized Placemat Pack and Name Tag worth over $50. Details on how to enter are here; you have until 11:59 p.m. PT on June 30, 2008.
Thanks again to Olive Kids and especially Kim for contacting me and sending me the beautiful print. Yours is a site I am more than happy to endorse, and your products are definitely FABULOUS FINDS!
Hanes Kids Spring Collection
Spring is here, summer is right around the corner, and if your kids are growing as fast as mine are, it’s time to stock up on t-shirts and hooded sweatshirts in fun colors and prints. And, of course, kids ALWAYS need socks, and underwear, and the number one brand I personally look to for that is Hanes.
When I got an email asking if I was interested in seeing some of the clothing in the Hanes Kids Spring line, I replied as fast as I could. I LOVE how soft Hanes shirts and sweatshirts are, and the new tagless shirts with no itchy tag to scratch up the backs of tender necks are pure GENIUS. When the box arrived from P.R. firm Weber Shandwick, I dug through it like a kid at Christmas! They had sent me socks and boxer shorts, undershirts, soft solid-colored short sleeve polo-style shirts, two Tagless printed sweatshirts, a full-zip hooded sweatshirt, the cutest t-shirt for Kaitlyn with a monkey on it carrying a bag that says “I love to shop”, a Scooter (like a skirt with shorts attached underneath) in lime green with white flowers, and Kaitlyn’s favorite item, a package of Disney Fairies underpants (excellent potty training incentive!)
The Hanes website has a great sale going right now on Girl’s Tees, prices are as low as 3 for $9.99, and this ring spun Graphic Jersey tee that I just LOVE is only $5.00! Even I can afford those prices!
I really appreciate Weber Shandwick and Hanes sending me these great pieces for my kids, who, despite my asking them nicely, just refuse to STOP GROWING. For all the great clothing sold by Hanes, check out their main website!
Jig-A-Loo: Funny name, great product, huge giveaway!
When I was first contacted about doing a product review and giveaway of something called Jig-A-Loo, my first thought was, “what the heck kind of name is that for a product?” So I went to the U.S. website for the international company, and learned the origins of the name:
The name “Jig-A-Loo” can be traced all the way back to 1958, when the product inventor finally came up with the right formula and exclaimed “ti-gi-dou!” This friendly French-Canadian expression is used when someone finds a solution to a problem. “Ti-gi-dou” loosely translates as “I’ve got it!” It’s also sometimes used as a salutation at the end of phone conversations. In the spirit of celebrating this wondrous new invention, a more phonetic version of the inventor’s words was coined, one which included the idea of lubricant (“loo”).
So, what is Jig-A-Loo? It’s an invisible silicon-based household lubricant that unsticks, unsqueaks, doesn’t smell, doesn’t drip, and doesn’t stain. You can spray it on the zipper of a pair of WHITE PANTS and won’t see any drops at all. It unsticks window frames, keeps rust off of tools, takes the squeak out of door hinges, makes shoes waterproof, you can even spray it on the leaves of artificial plants to keep dust off. Spray Jig-A-Loo into the bottom of a candle holder, and the melted candle comes right out. Jig-A-Loo is a safe product for wood, glass, rubber, metal, leather, fabric, and most plastics (spray a small area of a plastic item first to test). What else can you use it on?
Jig-A-Loo lubricates doors, windows, patio doors, shower doors, washer and dryer doors, drawers, locks, curtain rods, ventilation fans, window shutters, rocking chairs, zippers, hide-a-bed mechanisms, clotheslines, and more.
Jig-A-Loo is also an excellent water-repellent for your shoes, boots, suede and leather jackets, windbreakers, snowsuits, and other garments.
Spray Jig-A-Loo on door seals, door locks, washer nozzles, and windshields to prevent them from freezing, or spray on hubcaps to prevent brake-dust residue buildup.
Wow! I’ve got an amazing GRAND PRIZE to give away, thanks to Jig-A-Loo and Fanscape, Inc. One Grand Prize will be awarded, containing:
3 Cans of Jig-A-Loo ($6.50 per can)
Jig-A-Loo t-shirt and hat (no value)
Dancing Vine Tealight Holder ($9.95) from Illuminations
Large Dancing Vine Hurricane ($29.95)
Bellini Scented Tealight Candles (set of 12) ($10.00)
Two Runners-Up will each receive one can of Jig-A-Loo, a t-shirt and a hat.
Enter this giveaway by leaving a comment on this post with the following information:
BLOGGERS:
1. Your REAL first name. Keywords and website names will be deleted. Blog aliases are allowed.
2. What item or items in your house need help from Jig-A-Loo.
3. One of the following: a link to your blog showing this blog in your blogroll (I reciprocate links), a link to your Technorati page showing this blog in your favorites, OR, a link to a post on your blog about this giveaway.
NON-BLOGGERS:
1. Your REAL first name. Keywords and website names will be deleted.
2. What item or items in your house need help from Jig-A-Loo.
3. A link to SOMETHING of yours online-your MySpace page, your Facebook page, your RSS feed reader page, SOMETHING. I want to know that you are a REAL PERSON, not a spam bot 
If you are online reading blogs and entering giveaways, you must have some other presence online somewhere!
The giveaway ends Monday, May 19th at 9:00 AM EST. Winners will be chosen at random and contacted by email for their shipping addresses. Good luck!
Barnes and Noble gift card giveaway
Melissa at From Melissa’s Desk is giving away a $25.00 Barnes and Noble Gift Card. To enter, you’ll need to go to her blog, right-click on the giveaway image and save it to your computer, then put it in a blog post linking back to her. The contest ends at11:59pm EST, Saturday, May 3rd.
Help Stamp Out Hunger! on May 10th
I’ve teamed up with M80 and Campbell’s Soup to help spread the word about the nation’s largest single-day food drive, called Stamp Out Hunger!. Both the Campbell’s Soup Company and the Harlem Globetrotters are working hard to spread the word about this important event, which has collected more than 836 million pounds of food since it began in 1993. Watch this:
And here’s some important information:
• The Stamp Out Hunger! drive is a nationwide effort to provide food to local food banks and pantries, which would otherwise have depleted stocks during the summer months, to help feed the hungry on a daily basis.
• The nation’s 230,000 letter carriers will be collecting food donations in more than 10,000 local communities and delivering them to food bank members of America ’s Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network and other hunger relief organizations.
• Last year the letter carriers collected more than 70 million pounds of food from generous Americans, bringing their impressive total to more than 836 million pounds since 1993.
• Campbell Soup Company is supporting this important initiative by kicking off the food drive with a national donation of one million pounds of soup and other food and beverage items that will be donated to food banks across the country.
The Face of Hunger…
• According to the America ’s Second Harvest, 35 million Americans are food insecure, hungry or at risk of hunger. Approximately one in four people in a soup kitchen line is a child.
You Can Help…
• Helping Stamp Out Hunger! is as easy as checking your mailbox. Just leave a bag of non-perishable food where your letter carrier normally delivers your mail. Your letter carrier will then pick up and deliver the food to a local food bank. Examples of non-perishable items include:
• Canned soup
• Canned meats and fish
• Canned juices
• Canned vegetables and fruits
• Boxed goods (such as cereal)
• Pasta and rice
• To find out more about the annual Stamp Out Hunger! effort in your community, ask your letter carrier, contact your local post office or visit www.helpstampouthunger.com.
Please mark your calendars for this important event. I know money is tight, but items from discount grocers like Aldi are not expensive and can make such a difference. Many of us go grocery shopping every week even though there is food in our pantry-imagine if there wasn’t. I’ll be continuing to post on this topic up until the 10th, and I’ll also be giving away some pennants signed by the Harlem Globetrotters as well as calendars featuring images of the Globetrotters and other images from previous Stamp Out Hunger! events, so watch for that coming up. No one in this country should ever have to be hungry, there’s plenty of food to go around if we can just get it to the people who need it!
Let’s call it Whine and Complain Wednesday, mmkay?
I have a bad cold. Sore throat, headache, neck ache, fatigue, stuffy nose, cough.
This morning, my son went to kiss me goodbye and bumped the mug of coffee I was holding and it splashed directly into my laptop keyboard. I turned it off and turned it upside down, now it won’t turn on at all. I have no access to Microsoft Outlook, which means I don’t have my Calendar showing today’s posts that are due, nor do I have access to the email folders that I could look in to see what posts are due, nor access to all of the email addresses for all of the P.R. people who are waiting for me to write those posts.
I went to Wal-Mart to buy diapers, wipes, and three days worth of food for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks for five people. It cost me $172.00. For 3 days worth. At Wal-Mart. And gas is $3.74 a gallon here.
I was invited to go someplace very cool in June with my family this time, it would be an amazing weekend, but they aren’t paying for transportation. We would not be able to afford plane tickets for five people, and although it’s within driving distance, the gas would also cost more than we can afford. It’s bumming me out that I might have to say no when this is the first time my family has been invited to go someplace!
Honestly, today is just not a good day. Once my husband gets home and MAYBE fixes my laptop, I’ll have EVEN MORE work to catch up on than I already do. Whine, complain, waaaah. Send chocolate.
P.S. Did I mention that the more I look at this blog theme the more I hate it? But I don’t have the energy to find a new one, change the header, fix the sidebars, reinstall all the code? Nor the money to pay someone else to do it for me? I told you I’m a whiney b**ch today. Send MORE chocolate.
Baby Einstein’s Baby’s First Sounds
Even though she’s two and a half and these DVDs are meant more for younger babies, my daughter loves the DVD Baby’s First Sounds from Baby Einstein! This DVD focuses on five basic sounds: ”ah,” ”buh,” ”duh,” ”ee,” and ”mm.” Then, these sounds are connected to simple words in languages such as English, Spanish, Chinese and French and reinforced with fun puppet shows, familiar nursery rhymes and real-life images of loving parents spending together-time with their babies — all accompanied by beautiful classical music in the Baby Einstein tradition.
If your child watches TV shows where the characters speak Spanish or Chinese, the foreign language sections on this DVD will seem familiar. The music scenes are adorable, in fact my daughter asks for this “Puppets” scene over and over:
It cracks her up! I love the quality of Baby Einstein DVDs, the classical music and the terrific production quality. I like knowing that my daughter is learning something and isn’t watching commercials So, there you go, some info about Baby Einstein’s Baby’s First Sounds. Thanks for reading!
Frosted Flakes Gold, get your Activity on!
After 56 years of gracing the boxes of one of America’s favorite breakfast cereals, Tony the Tiger is still going strong! The newest way to feel grrrreat at breakfast is with Frosted Flakes Gold. With 10 grams of whole grain and three grams of fiber in each serving, it provides another option to give our kids the right start to their day. In addition, the cereal is baked with honey to give it that sweet taste that kids love. The flavor reminded me of another Kellogg’s cereal that I used to eat a LOT of in college, Honey Smacks.
Now, this is very cool. To encourage kids to be more active, eat right and work hard to achieve their goals, Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes® created the Earn Your Stripes™ program. As part of this program, Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes Gold™, in partnership with the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO), Little League® International and Girls on the Run International, created the Five Golden Rules of Sportsmanship to give coaches and parents the tools they need to help kids succeed on and off the field. The Five Golden Rules advocate being a winner no matter what the scoreboard says, treating coaches, officials and opponents with respect, being a good teammate and finding good in the game.
I took a look at Earn Your Stripes™, which is on the Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes website, it is REALLY comprehensive. The Sports section has interactive training videos and tips for baseball, basketball, and soccer, and I mean interactive! On the baseball page, for example (warning, there is sound), there are interactive training modules (games), training videos that teach skills and show drills, and team game ideas to practice skills in batting, throwing, and fielding. Your sports lover is SURE to enjoy spending time on the Earn Your Stripes website!
I’d like to thank MomCentral and the Kellogg company for sending my family the box of Frosted Flakes Gold for this review. I barely got a bowlful for myself because my kids liked it so much!
